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[ wahyn-ding ] / ˈwaɪn dɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR winding ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act of a person or thing that winds. a bend, turn, or flexure. a coiling, folding, or wrapping, as of one thing about another. something that is wound or coiled, or a single round of it. Electricity. - a symmetrically laid, electrically conducting current path in any device.
- the manner of such coiling: a series winding.
adjectivebending or turning; sinuous. spiral, as stairs. Origin of windingbefore 1050; Middle English (noun), Old English windung (noun); see wind2, -ing1, -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM windingwind·ing·ly, adverbwind·ing·ness, nounWords nearby windingWindhoek, windhover, Windies, windigo, wind indicator, winding, winding drum, winding frame, winding number, winding sheet, winding staircase Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for windingOne of its few concessions to the luxurious standards of the neighbors is a long, winding road. Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Check out Le Marais, one of the oldest quarters of the city, where gay-friendly establishments line the winding cobbled lanes. The Ultimate LGBT Travel Bucket List||December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Bulbous columns, winding staircases, and whimsical bas-reliefs of mythical creatures wrap around the palace. The Postman Who Built a Palace in France…by Hand|Nina Strochlic|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST But now time is winding down, and he appears more willing to take risks. Obama Outlines His Post-Presidency|Eleanor Clift|August 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Foreign tourists would often hike up the winding road and camp out in the ruins. Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens|Jeff Campagna|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST Emma von der Tann followed her guide up a winding stairway which spiraled within a tower at the end of a long passage. The Mad King|Edgar Rice Burroughs Look, he's winding up the watch of his wit: by and by it will strike. Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest|William Shakespeare Between the Great and the Little Bear, we can distinguish a winding procession of smaller stars. Astronomy for Amateurs|Camille Flammarion There was but a winding trail to the top, and few had made acquaintance with it. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories|Gertrude Atherton The minister reaches this enclosure by means of two winding stairways, curtained with red drapery along their sides. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888|Various
British Dictionary definitions for winding
nouna curving or sinuous course or movement anything that has been wound or wrapped around something a particular manner or style in which something has been wound a curve, bend, or complete turn in wound material, a road, etc (often plural) devious thoughts or behaviourthe tortuous windings of political argumentation one or more turns of wire forming a continuous coil through which an electric current can pass, as used in transformers, generators, etc another name for wind 2 (def. 14) a coil of tubing in certain brass instruments, esp the French horn adjectivecurving; sinuousa winding road Derived forms of windingwindingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to windingcurving, meandering, crooked, tortuous, sinuous, convoluted, labyrinthine, circuitous, serpentine, twisting, spiraling, involved, roundabout, zigzag, gyrating, ambiguous, devious, indirect, intricate, snaky |